The LG Pop GD510 bills itself as the world's smallest 3-inch touchscreen phone. I'd gander it's true, though I wouldn't be surprised if some no-name Chinese manufacturer has gone ahead and trashed that record. Regardless, it's a cute little handset based on the LG Cookie and packs enough features to interest anyone in the market for a compact feature phone.
Physically, the handset is about two-thirds the size of the iPhone, which makes it really small. With a shell built entirely of plastic, it's exceptionally light too. It's got a deceptive brushed aluminum finish, which lends it some brownie points in the attractiveness department.
Screen is a 3-inch resistive panel with an impressive 400x 240 resolution. It's exceptionally bright with excellent detail. The sole multi-function button on the front panel is very stylish and is actually well-implemented.
As a phone, it manages excellent quality of calls, with natural-sounding voices and plenty of volume. Those on the other end of the line reported the same thing. Speakerphone performed admirably as well, although the sound does crackle a bit during high loudness settings. Battery is rated at 3.3 hours, lasting about two to three days of regular use.
Sounds like an awesome phone, so far? Well, it is. But things go slightly downhill from there. Data connectivity is strictly edge, as there's no 3G or WiFi. There's also no GPS. Hence, the long battery life during moderate use.
It uses LG's A-Class UI, a stripped down version of the S-Class which they use in most of their touchscreen phones. Fortunately, stripped down doesn't mean "bad," as we actually found the A-Class easier to navigate and more responsive than some of LG's other handsets.
Features include a slew of useful widgets (including various social networking services), FM radio, a very basic but good music player and a 3.2 megapixel camera. The camera doesn't have that many editing options but picture quality is reasonably sharp and colorful. Do note, by the way, that the phone only offers a proprietary audio jack. There's also a gimmicky solar panel across the back, which, lets face it, is just ridiculous. LG could have probably fit in a Wi-Fi chip in place of that, right?
Overall, though, the minimalist design of the LG Pop GD510 is refreshing. If you're not that dependent on a high-speed mobile data connection or a GPS on your phone, this actually sounds like an excellent device.
The LG Pop GD510 bills itself as the world's smallest 3-inch touchscreen phone. I'd gander it's true, though I wouldn't be surprised if some no-na...
No WiFi??? That’s a bad one. A very bad one. I wonder what’s the price? It looks awesome, if it had WiFi it would be (almost) perfect! (camera should be better)
It’s good, but the lack of WiFi is a big (-). I mean, I use my actual phone to check my emails and IM on my phone, while I am in my bed, because I have a Wi-Fi router… By the way, the camera is pretty fair, and yeah, I’d like to know it’s price.
Don’t know why people keep stating that it has a shell entirely made of plastic -read this a couple of times now- but except for the bottom part, the bezel is actually made of metal. Your review pretty much reflects my own views on this phone. I really think it’s very good for the money. A few slight usability niggles remain, but overall I can’t fault it. This is my first LG (after 4 or 5 SEs) and I’m very impressed so far. I got it for 149 euros from a local electronics store.